Ch.254254. A Hero of This Age?

People become passive when faced with a crisis.

Especially my family. When a situation arises where my household is about to collapse, they activate defense mechanisms to protect what’s most precious, abandoning everything else.

They fear the death of my wife or my daughter more than the potential deaths of tens or hundreds of thousands in other countries, and would risk their lives to protect them.

Of course, there are people who make choices for the greater good, but that’s only in extreme situations where there are no other options. In reality, when there are plenty of others who could step up instead of me, no one rushes to put out a larger fire in someone else’s house when their own fire isn’t even properly extinguished.

That’s why kindness and goodwill during these times are more likely to be exaggerated and accepted by others than usual.

– Farmer Hunter S-Rank Dungeon Breach Suppression Video

– Wow… he’s really beyond comparison now.

– He always was.

– Is an SSS+ rank hunter different? How can he single-handedly defeat an S-rank dungeon breach?

– The monsters were even strengthened by some kind of chaos energy lol. Rankers said it would take at least +2 rank to handle it, but he cleared an SS-rank dungeon alone…

– +2 rank? Lol. Many rankers are just bluffing, walking around with cheap low-grade equipment because they’re broke. That’s what got exposed.

They elevate me while putting down other hunters.

Cold stares are directed at S-rank and above hunters from countries where breaches have been contained, who ignored or pretended not to see potential catastrophes despite having no obligation to intervene.

But that’s just the perspective of other countries.

Even while feeling burdened and guilty, citizens encourage their own country’s hunters during such times.

– Why should they help? Lol. What if something happens to them when another breach could occur at any moment?

Endless division. Conflict arises.

Being caught in the middle is awkward for me too, but it’s quite entertaining to watch.

“Thank you. Thank you so much.”

“We survived thanks to you.”

“Oh my goodness. Thank you.”

Receiving thanks from countless people, even the president of this country bows to me in greeting.

Well, politicians express gratitude for show, but I didn’t feel bad about it.

It was a perfect punching bag to test my newly acquired purification power, and though the rewards were somewhat disappointing for my use, the items that dropped could fetch a decent price if properly purified and sold.

Moreover, since this dungeon breach was mixed with chaos energy, the corrupted options embedded in the items inevitably increased their value dramatically.

“It’s nothing. Farming Company seeks symbiosis for all.”

After returning home with these insincere words, I found myself having become a world hero.

– The Earth’s Only Hero!

– The Man Who Single-handedly Handled an S-Rank Dungeon Breach!

– Video of Him Risking His Life to Save People During a Foreign Dungeon Breach.

In truth, I neither need to step into the spotlight for this matter, nor do I have any reason to reject the popularity being handed to me.

I planned to completely ignore this issue.

Obviously, I couldn’t care less whether Earth perishes or not.

Whether humanity goes extinct due to dungeon breaches or not is of no concern to me.

After all, I’m no different from other hunters with the mindset of “as long as I’m safe,” perhaps even more so than anyone else.

If it weren’t for the Rift Dimension, I wouldn’t have cared at all about breaches in other countries, and at most, I would have joined other hunters to safely contain threats in the Seoul-Gyeonggi area near my home.

Well, without the Rift Dimension, I probably wouldn’t have stepped up at all, and would consider myself lucky if I just managed to escape to the Farming World while trembling at home.

Anyway, I now have the Rift Dimension as a safe refuge, and I’ve already made arrangements to evacuate my family to this safe dimension.

My mother spends her days leisurely listening to classical music, enjoying coffee and farming, completely unconcerned with the outside situation. Even my father, who’s in the most danger, has been limiting his activities mostly to the Farming Department Store area in preparation for emergencies.

I’ve arranged for them to immediately move to the Rift Dimension via teleportation portal if anything happens.

So I have little to worry about.

I’m unlikely to be in danger, and with no one to protect, I can intervene in dungeon breaches in other countries.

Even then, I didn’t go to protect people in other countries, but rather to make some pocket money and test my newly acquired abilities.

But if such simple and light actions bring great returns, why refuse?

My YouTube subscribers keep increasing endlessly.

I’ve already entered the top 10 with nearly a billion subscribers, and now almost no one on Earth doesn’t know me.

The world’s first possessor of SSS+ rank abilities.

Possessor of multiple SSS+ rank abilities.

No need to find other descriptors.

Especially since I have special abilities that will never be erased from people’s minds.

“This development is a bit surprising.”

At first, I just wanted to gain popularity to sell Rift Dimension resources more easily and quickly by building awareness.

I now know that Rift Dimension resources sell well enough on their own, but if my awareness and trust increase, people won’t hesitate to spend money on the Farming Company name, just like they spend on luxury brands despite the high prices.

But somehow, my image has become too positive.

The reason I barely help people is just to sell things at higher prices and build an image elsewhere to take advantage of suckers.

“I should probably step on them once in a while.”

This hero image isn’t very helpful anyway.

In the end, it’s just a name that dying people will call out.

So I didn’t get excited by the praise and calls hailing me as a hero, and returned to the Rift Dimension.

– Countries with S-rank dungeon breaches, request help from Farmer Hunter.

– Korean government establishes emergency support management department to prioritize cooperation with countries in need.

I was also disgusted seeing those who had been quiet suddenly stepping up.

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Team Leader Kim Jin-hyeop had a headache.

“…Sigh. He’s not someone I can control.”

“I know. But you can at least recommend where he goes, right?”

“I can’t. Why are you doing this now? Farming Company might leave Korea at this rate.”

“We’ve already given them land and built buildings. I’m just saying, let’s be reasonable. Symbiosis.”

“…Do you not understand why Farming Company is in Korea in the first place?”

He genuinely considered quitting and joining Farming Company.

He was an S-rank hunter, but also a civil servant who had to follow orders.

Until now, he had been in charge of Kim Su-hyeon simply because he had met him, but now there were obvious political attempts to use him.

Well, considering politicians, this was actually late.

Still, they seemed to have some sense of tact. The Americans were also eyeing him, but since he wasn’t a caught fish yet, they had been surprisingly accommodating, unlike typical Korean behavior, not requiring Jin-hyeop’s mediation. But now that Farming Company seemed somewhat established in Korea, they were showing their true colors.

Su-hyeon’s abilities and power belong solely to him.

Jin-hyeop, who had experienced this firsthand, knew that he would never act on someone else’s request.

And now they wanted him to clear dungeon breaches in locations determined by the government?

What kind of reaction would that provoke?

Even after witnessing actual killings triggered by just one word from Su-hyeon, they still couldn’t come to their senses. Jin-hyeop had no idea what to do.

After contemplating, Team Leader Kim Jin-hyeop decided to think simply.

He called but got no answer, so he left a message.

A few days later.

When Kim Su-hyeon contacted him, Team Leader Kim carefully broached the subject.

“Is… your previous offer still valid?”

“Why? Did something happen?”

“…The current government is negotiating with countries regarding your next S-rank dungeon breach elimination schedule. They’re telling me to persuade you, but I’m not confident.”

“Huh? Me?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm…”

The brief silence felt extremely heavy.

The voice that followed was chillingly gleeful.

“I was bored, so this is perfect timing.”

With a voice suggesting he had found something interesting:

“Let’s do one last fun thing before I leave, shall we?”

After hearing the simple task he needed to do, Jin-hyeop was certain.

He had made the right decision to speak up.

And Jin-hyeop reported to his superiors that Kim Su-hyeon had agreed to cooperate.